May 11, 2005
Jonathan Bean Update: Good News
People are rallying to defend the academic freedom of Jonathan Bean, a blogger for Liberty and Power (see here about the case). The support for Bean shows again that the most sensible attitudes can often be found outside, not within, the walls of the academy. Jim Muir of The Southern writes:
After writing the column I assumed I would receive the usual mixed number of pro and con e-mail responses that accompany my weekly endeavors. Boy was I wrong.
On an average week I normally receive 10-12 e-mail messages, however this week I was bombarded with more than 50 responses from 13 states. The amazing aspect is that only two people opposed what I had written in defense of Professor Bean.
Based on the e-mail I've received in the past few days it appears I'm not alone in my disdain for the tolerance police. Last week I wrote a column about the attempted character assassination of SIU history professor Jonathan Bean currently being conducted on the Carbondale campus by a group of history department radicals.....